What causes red dots on face and its management? - Dr. Nischal K

Описание: Red dots on face, many at times, it can be because of acne. Acne can not only present as big nodules, but it can present as spots on the face. Or it can be a sequel of acne chilling, we call it as post acne erythema where people develop lot of tiny red spots after the healing of acne. Sometimes they have small depressions in those areas. So when we recognize these things, we treat them more aggressively It is always better to improve a scar when it is in the healing process or when it is red. The results are much better when the scars are healed or it is dark in colour. Other causes can be a simple sweat rash or it can be dandruff like reactions like on the eyebrow or nasolabial fold, beard region or the forehead close to the hairline margin, or red spots can also be because of viral infections. At many times red spots happen during the phase of infection or fever or when the fever subsides, people develop the red spots, or it can be due to medicine induced allergies. It can be pain killers, antibiotics or any other medicines. Anybody can develop reactions to medicines, it is not predictable. He may have taken the same medication n number of times, but at one time, the reaction happens. Red spots can happen also because of abuse of steroids. When people desire to become very fair or to control the acne, start using lot of steroid creams which are actually not suggested and they will be having a red skin. So that is called a telangiectasia or a sensitive skin. The moment they are out in the sun, they are all red. So these are the causes of the red spots and the treatment is based on what is the cause. But judiciously taking care of the oily skin, we can take care of the acne, but also the dandruff reactions which give redness on the face. In addition to this hygiene is very important. Washing the face thrice a day is required because we need to remove all the sebum, all the dust, debris, so that you don’t get lot of sweat rash. This is especially important to people who are into a lot of sports, gym, physical activity, dance. So the skin has to breathe, it has to be clean. The sun reaction can give rise to little bit of redness. It has to be treated with medications because it gives rise to pigmentation and as a prevention, you need to use a sunscreen. Redness because of the steroid creams takes much more times in fact the skin may look dull for some days after the stoppage of the medicines. So these patients are put on sensitive face washes, creams for sensitive skin, lot of sun protection. So once they get used to that, some procedures are done to improve the overall skin and texture.